Firm News

The firm has changed its name to reflect the contributions of NJ partner Bob Kelly to the firm’s reputation in the legal community.

Creditors’ Rights and Commercial Litigation partner Bryon Friedman presented as part of a panel at a day long seminar by the NYS Bar Association in New York City on the topic of collecting debt and enforcing judgments. Bryon spoke on two topics — judgment enforcement devices and strategies for collecting secured debt — and contributed…

Bob Littleton chaired a panel discussion on “Globilization of Product Liability” at the Spring Meeting of the Product Liability Advisory Counsel in Chicago.

Littleton Joyce is pleased to announce the opening of its New Jersey office, managed by liability defense trial lawyer Bob Kelly. The office, centrally located in Red Bank, NJ, serves all of the Garden State. Bob is joined by senior associate Jason Schmitz and paralegal Jennifer Rowley. The New Jersey office is supported, as needed,…

Senior associate Jason Schmitz joins Bob Kelly in the New Jersey office.

Bob Kelly, lead counsel for ExxonMobil in the NY court case “Parker v. Mobil Oil Corporation” which dismissed a Benzene suit and established the new New York standard for admissibility of expert evidence in toxic tort litigation, lectured on the impact of the Parker decision at the Harris Martin Benzene Litigation Conference in Las Vegas…

Littleton Joyce is pleased to announce that Bob Kelly, who practiced for over two decades with the founding partners at their former firm, has joined the firm. Bob is a seasoned trial lawyer and has been entrusted with the continuing representation of clients including ExxonMobil and Yamaha. Bob will head the New Jersey office. His…

Senior Associate Sarah Edwards, who worked closely with Rob Joyce on coverage and product liability matters at their prior firm, joined the New York office. Among her other accomplishments, Sarah, who is originally from the United Kingdom, was an English Barrister before relocating to the United States to complete her legal education.

Littleton Joyce opens its second office in Purchase, NY, in Westchester County, twenty miles north of New York City. Jim Ughetta is the managing parter and is joined by partners Rob Joyce, Bruce Ainbinder and Bryon Friedman.

After decades of working together at a large liability defense firm, partners Bob Littleton, Rob Joyce, Jim Ughetta and Jin Park have opened a boutique litigation firm with a national practice and an international clientele, specializing in complex litigation. They are joined by three other partners from their former firm: Bryon Friedman, Bruce Ainbinder and…